Pirate boys 4th at regional meet
By Cort Reynolds
The Bluffton track and field teams competed very successfully at the Div. III district region 10 meet Wednesday and Friday, May 24 and 26, at Fostoria.
The Pirate boys team finished a strong fourth, tying with Ottawa Hills at 42 points. The Bluffton girls tied for 15th place with Holgate at 12 points.
Pirate senior Brianna Taber finished first in the pole vault by clearing a meet-best 10-8.
The Pirate boys quartet won the 4 x 800 relay race in a meet-record time of 7:57.92.
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Columbus Grove won the boys crown with 85 points, far ahead of second-place Tinora (55).
Liberty Center captured the girls team crown with 76.5 points, 10.5 ahead of second-place Margaretta.
Senior Landon Armstrong came home a strong second in the boys 800 meters. Classmate Eden Antrim also crossed the finish line second in the 1600.
Senior Erik Nygaard took fourth in the 3200-meter run.
The Bluffton boys 4 x 400 relay foursome finished third.
Sophomore Carson Kruse came in seventh in the 300 hurdles to miss out on state qualification. Senior Sam Derstine crossed the line sixth in the 800 meters.
Top-four finishers in an event typically qualified for the state meet in Columbus at Ohio State University June 2-3.
The boys 4 x 800 relay race will help kick off the Div. II event Friday, June 2 at 9:45 a.m.
Girls pole vault preliminaries and finals will start at 1 p.m. June 2. The boys 4x400 relay event will be held at 12:30 on June 2.
The 800, 1600 and 3200-meter races will be held Saturday morning, June 3.
Pirate regional finishes:
Girls Pole Vault
Place Name Yr School Finals
1 Brianna Taber 12 Bluffton J10-8
11 Kally Cotter 10 Bluffton 8-6
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
Place Team Relay Finals
1 Bluffton 7:57.92
1) Sam Derstine 12 2) Erik Nygaard 12 3) Eden Antrim 12 4) Landon Armstrong 12
Boys 800 Meter Run
Place Name Yr School Finals
2 Landon Armstrong 12 Bluffton 1:55.98
6 Sam Derstine 12 Bluffton 1:58.12
Boys 1600 Meters
Place Name Yr School Finals
2 Eden Antrim 12 Bluffton 4:22.86
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
Place Team Relay Finals
3 Bluffton 3:27.30
1) Landon Armstrong 12 2) Sam Derstine 12 3) Justin Good 12 4) Eden Antrim 12
Boys 3200 Meter Run
Place Name Yr School Finals
4 Erik Nygaard 12 Bluffton 9:38.73
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Place Name Yr School Finals
7 Carson Kruse 10 Bluffton 41.67
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
7 Bluffton 10:13.98
1) June Essinger 10 2) Ella Armstrong 11 3) Sami Scoles 12 4) Allison Diller 12
Girls 800 Meter Run
Place Name Yr School Finals
10 Ella Armstrong 11 Bluffton 2:28.53
11 June Essinger 10 Bluffton 2:28.74
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
10 Bluffton 1:35.00
Kyle Basil 11 2) Alek Davis 10 3) Hayden Dearth 11 4) Carson Kruse 10
Boys Long Jump
Place Name Yr School Finals
11 Hayden Dearth 11 Bluffton 19-6.75
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
13 Bluffton 1:51.82
Mya McDougle 9 2) Jordan Schweingruber 10 3) Aubrey Burkholder 9
4) Kendal Giesige 12
Boys High Jump
Place Name Yr School Finals
14 Kyle Basil 11 Bluffton 5-8
Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Preliminaries
14 Bluffton 4:29.50
1) Aubrey Burkholder 9 2) Sami Scoles 12 3) Riley Eachus 12 4) Allison Diller 12
